OSF DCE Application Development Guide--Core Components

OSF DCE Application Development Guide—Core Components
Binding information
Interface identifiers
Object UUIDs
Member name
Group A:
Member name
Member name
Group B:
Server entry 3:
Server entry 4:
Server entry 1:
Server entry 2:
Server entry 5:
= Member of Group A
Key:
Binding information
Interface identifiers
Object UUIDs
Binding information
Interface identifiers
Object UUIDs
Binding information
Interface identifiers
Object UUIDs
Binding information
Interface identifiers
Object UUIDs
Member name
Member name
The members of Group A are Server Entry 1, Server Entry 2, and Group B. The
members of the nested group, Group B, are Server Entry 3 and Server Entry 4. An
additional server entry that advertises the common interface or object, Server Entry 5, is
omitted from either group.
14.3.1.5 Profiles
Administrators or users of RPC applications can organize searches of a namespace for
binding information by having clients use an RPC profile as the starting point for NSI
search operations. A profile is an entry in a namespace that contains a collection of
profile elements. A profile element is a database record that corresponds to a single
RPC interface and that refers to a server entry, group, or profile. Each profile element
contains the following information:
• Interface identifier
This field is the key to the profile. The interface identifier consists of the interface
UUID and the interface version numbers.
• Member name
The entry name of one of the following kinds of directory service entries:
— A server entry for a server offering the requested RPC interface
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